Staff Accountant

MediaNews Group•Denver, CO

4d•Remote

About The Position

The Staff Accountant analyzes revenue and expense accounts and prepares variance reports while working with the company’s overall operating plans. They are responsible for maintaining finance reporting on all areas of the business and assisting with weekly projections and annual budgets. Although this is a remote role, candidates must reside in CO, FL, IL, MA, MN, OH, OK, PA, or TX.

Requirements

Strong analytical (quantitative as well as qualitative) skills including building models
Self-starter with the ability to streamline functions
Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including advanced lookup functions (XLOOKUP, VLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH), conditional logic (IF, IFS, SUMIFS, COUNTIFS), and dynamic cell linking
Strong financial modeling experience
Extensive understanding of financial processes, systems and controls and responsibility for documenting the processes
Able to prioritize workload with minimal supervision and manage multiple projects
Outstanding communication skills, both written and spoken
Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting/Finance/Economics
Two (2) years of directly related experience

Responsibilities

Analyze financial data by collecting, monitoring, and creating financial models for decision support for revenue, expense, and strategic objectives
Improve financial performance by analyzing results; monitoring variances; identifying trends; recommending actions to management
Support the weekly Flash and Annual budgeting processes
Provide trends and forecasts
Increase productivity by developing automated reporting/forecasting tools
Establish, build, and maintain relationships with a variety of people across divisions
Work with Oracle SmartView and Oracle Cloud EPM financial reporting
Have a strong financial analysis foundation creating forecasts and models